Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 65 89
Rank change year-on-year +42 +24 +36
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 165 55 40
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.42% 3.14% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 3.39% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 36 30
10th Percentile £413 £424 £460
25th Percentile £490 £464 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -17.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £681 £697 £680
90th Percentile £847 £781 £753
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -15.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,920 1,621 2,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.29% 92.58% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,322 1,035 1,426
10th Percentile £363 £363 £351
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 14
10th Percentile - £22.00 £17.58
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.07 £32.83 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +36.77% -36.42%
75th Percentile £52.16 £47.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £67.38 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -14.34% +11.47% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge 0 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.88%) Confluence
2 8 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 12 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.45%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.82%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.21%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.61%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.61%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (21.21%) Azure
2 23 (13.94%) AWS
3 18 (10.91%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.06%) GCP
5 9 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.64%) SaaS
6 6 (3.64%) Serverless
7 5 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.42%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.82%) AWS Step Functions
9 3 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.82%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.82%) Collibra
9 3 (1.82%) GitHub
9 3 (1.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.42%) Firewall
2 3 (1.82%) DHCP
2 3 (1.82%) DNS
2 3 (1.82%) Network Security
2 3 (1.82%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) NAS
3 1 (0.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.88%) Power BI
2 7 (4.24%) Metadata
3 3 (1.82%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.82%) Data Vault
3 3 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (1.82%) Tableau
4 2 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.21%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.21%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.61%) Big Data
5 1 (0.61%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (16.36%) JIRA
2 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.61%) ERwin
3 1 (0.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
General
1 75 (45.45%) Finance
2 70 (42.42%) Social Skills
3 42 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (15.76%) Banking
5 20 (12.12%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.27%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.24%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.64%) Front Office
10 5 (3.03%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.03%) Legal
10 5 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.82%) Aviation
11 3 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.21%) Military
12 2 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.21%) Retail
13 1 (0.61%) Back Office
13 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 47 (28.48%) Analyst
2 34 (20.61%) Business Analyst
3 22 (13.33%) Architect
4 21 (12.73%) Senior
5 16 (9.70%) Lead
5 16 (9.70%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.45%) Consultant
6 9 (5.45%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (4.85%) Data Analyst
7 8 (4.85%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (4.24%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (4.24%) Senior Manager
8 7 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.64%) Banking Analyst
9 6 (3.64%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.03%) Payments Analyst
10 5 (3.03%) Payments Business Analyst
10 5 (3.03%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.03%) Strategy Architect
10 5 (3.03%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.03%) LangChain
2 4 (2.42%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.82%) REST
4 2 (1.21%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.21%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.61%) .NET
5 1 (0.61%) JSON
5 1 (0.61%) Kafka
5 1 (0.61%) Middleware
5 1 (0.61%) Next.js
5 1 (0.61%) OpenID
5 1 (0.61%) Pandas
5 1 (0.61%) Playwright
5 1 (0.61%) React
5 1 (0.61%) SAML
5 1 (0.61%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.61%) Spring
5 1 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.48%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.88%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.88%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.03%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.42%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.42%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.82%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.82%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.21%) Derivative
7 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.21%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.21%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.03%) Windows
2 4 (2.42%) Linux
3 3 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.88%) Agile
2 36 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (19.39%) Migration
4 31 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (15.76%) Analytics
5 26 (15.76%) Decision-Making
6 25 (15.15%) AI
7 23 (13.94%) DevOps
7 23 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 22 (13.33%) Roadmaps
9 20 (12.12%) Project Management
10 19 (11.52%) Change Management
11 18 (10.91%) Business Analysis
11 18 (10.91%) Project Delivery
12 17 (10.30%) Data Modelling
12 17 (10.30%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (9.70%) Risk Management
14 15 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.88%) SQL
2 7 (4.24%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.24%) Python
3 4 (2.42%) Java
4 3 (1.82%) Bicep
5 2 (1.21%) C#
5 2 (1.21%) Korn
5 2 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.61%) C++
6 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.61%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.61%) R
6 1 (0.61%) Swift
6 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.97%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.88%) Degree
4 6 (3.64%) PMP
5 5 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.21%) CBAP
8 2 (1.21%) CEH
8 2 (1.21%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.21%) CFA
8 2 (1.21%) CISSP
8 2 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) CISA
9 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.30%) Data Quality
2 16 (9.70%) QA
3 10 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (5.45%) GDPR
5 6 (3.64%) PMO
6 5 (3.03%) NIST
7 4 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.42%) Solvency II
8 3 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.82%) GRC
8 3 (1.82%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.82%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.82%) SLA
9 2 (1.21%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.21%) NCSC
9 2 (1.21%) PSD2
10 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.61%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (6.06%) Terraform
2 5 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.61%) Ansible
4 1 (0.61%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.61%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.61%) vMotion
Vendors
1 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.06%) SAP
3 7 (4.24%) Databricks
3 7 (4.24%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.64%) Oracle
5 3 (1.82%) Charles River
5 3 (1.82%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.82%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.82%) VMware
6 2 (1.21%) Google
6 2 (1.21%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.21%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.21%) Remedy
6 2 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.21%) Workday
7 1 (0.61%) Adobe
7 1 (0.61%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.61%) Planview
7 1 (0.61%) Veeam